I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

Bad ballplayers make good managers.

People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.

I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.

When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.